3.0.0 225 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z 2023-01-11T13:20:45Z Senate S S 2011-01-31 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-08-02T20:10:00Z Markup by 2012-08-02T14:00:00Z Referred to 2011-01-31T19:27:55Z 2012-08-02 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487. Calendars 2012-08-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2012-08-02 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-08-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2011-01-31 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-01-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2011-01-31 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-01-31 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2012-07-31 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2012-07-31 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2012-07-31 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-08-02 False Crime and Law Enforcement Child safety and welfare Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2012-08-14T13:36:42Z Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow, upon ex parte application to a federal judge or magistrate, the disclosure of any information held by any federal agency to federal officers or employees who are personally and directly engaged in an investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, or federal grand jury proceeding relating to the case of a missing or exploited child.  Prohibits the disclosure of information that would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or criminal investigation.

]]> 01 2012-08-02 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2012-11-16T23:10:22Z Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to require, upon the grant of an ex parte order by a federal judge or magistrate, an individual's mailing address held by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be open to inspection by, or disclosure to, any federal law enforcement officer who is directly engaged in an investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, or federal grand jury proceeding relating to the case of a missing or exploited child. Prohibits such federal law enforcement officer from willfully disclosing such information to any person not directly engaged in the investigation or proceeding. Makes any such violation a felony.

Directs a federal law enforcement officer seeking such an order to submit an application to a federal district court judge or magistrate. Authorizes the judge or magistrate to grant the order upon determining that: (1) there is reasonable cause to believe that an act of kidnapping or exploitation of a minor has been committed and that the information sought is relevant to a matter relating to the act; (2) the information is sought exclusively for use in a criminal investigation or proceeding concerning the act; (3) the information relates to an individual who, there is reasonable cause to believe, has committed, has conspired to commit, has aided or abetted, or has direct knowledge of, the act; and (4) the information sought cannot reasonably be obtained from another source.

Authorizes a federal law enforcement officer, upon a state or local law enforcement agency's written request that contains sufficient information to allow such officer to submit an application meeting such requirements, to: (1) apply for such an ex parte order on behalf of such agency; and (2) disclose the individual's mailing address obtained to such agency for use exclusively in a criminal investigation or proceeding concerning a missing or exploited child. Prohibits any individual employed by such agency from willfully disclosing the information to another person. Makes any such violation a felony.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from disclosing any information with respect to an individual if the Secretary certifies to the court that issued an order under this Act that such a disclosure would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or criminal investigation.

]]> Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2012 Display Title Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit the disclosure of certain information for the purpose of missing child investigations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2012 S Senate Reported to Senate 2012-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s225rs/xml/BILLS-112s225rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s225is/xml/BILLS-112s225is.xml 2012-08-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.